For Mari Ruti: In praise of a creative life
摘要
A creative life is a commitment to an undeniable inner drive, doing what one cannot possibly not do. For Mari Ruti, the pursuit of a creative life is akin to the psychoanalytic act in that it envelops one’s fantasies and desires within the banality of the everyday. This personal essay offers that Mari’s plea for a creative life is an invitation for everyone to explore the uniqueness of their singularity. Living life creatively embraces the originality that unconscious knowledge offers the subject, especially during times of precarity, vulnerability, and uncertainty.